Evaluating attention in delirium: A comparison of bedside tests of attention

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1028-1035

  Adamis, Dimitrios ^a,d   Meagher, David ^c   Murray, Orla ^b   O'Neill, Donagh ^a   O'Mahony, Edmond ^a   Mulligan, Owen ^a   McCarthy, Geraldine ^a  

^a Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Services   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

attention; attention tests; delirium; older people; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM RATING SCALE 98 REVISED; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84985020894     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12592     Document Type: Article

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